Lute Olson, University of Arizona Basketball Coach, Dies at 85
local Arizona media outlets and by the University of Arizona Athletics.Olson took over the Arizona team in the 1983-84 season following a year in which the team won just four games and turned the school into a basketball powerhouse, amassing a record of 589-187 during his tenure, as well as a national title in 1997, over his 24 seasons with the team.Also Read: NBA Postpones Thursday Games, 'Hopeful' to Resume Playoffs This Weekend“Lute Olson was so much more than a basketball coach. He was an educator, a motivator, a husband, a father, a grandfather and a friend to so many,” University of Arizona President Dr.